Medical Physics During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Kwan Hoong Ng PhD, ABMP, FinstP, FIOMP, AMM, FASc. A Professor of Medical Physics at the University of Malaya. Among others, he specialises in breast imaging, radiological protection and dosimetry, medical physics education and risk communication. Prof Ng received the prestigious IOMP Marie Skłodowska Curie Award at the WC2018, Prague.Dr. Magdalena Stoeva is an elected member of the governing bodies of the IOMP and the IUPESM. She has expertise in medical physics, engineering and computer systems at academic and hospital level, as well as organizational and international experience. Dr Stoeva holds the prestigious IUPAP Young Scientist and the Leonardo da Vinci awards

• 1. Consolidating wisdom from diverse talents in medical physics during COVID-19 pandemic2. Medical Physics Services in Radiation Oncology: Pandemic Trials and Tribulations 3. Adjustments to Nuclear Medicine Physics Services in Response to the Pandemic 4 Adapting in a Crisis: Radiology Medical Physics Service Provision during a Pandemic5 Education and Training During COVID-19 Pandemics - lessons learned and the way forward6. Role of Medical Physicists in Scientific Research During COVID-19 Pandemic – switching to the “new normal” 7 IOMP’s Global Perspectives for Medical Physics during the COVID-19 Pandemic8. Medical Physics during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Global Perspectives – Asia Pacific9. Medical Physics during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Global Perspectives – Middle East10. Medical Physics during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Global Perspectives – Europe11. Medical Physics during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Global Perspectives – Africa12. Medical Physics during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Global Perspectives – North America 13. Medical Physics during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Global Perspectives – Latin America and the Caribbeans 14 Medical Physics Journals during the time of Covid-19 – the Editor’s experience (February – October2020)15. The response of Medical Physics for World Benefit to the COVID-19 crisis16. Early Career Medical Physics Experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic Experience and perspectives from Medical Physics: Leadership & Mentoring program17. Communicating Leadership in times of Adversity

"The book studies the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has affected the medical physics field from an educational, research, clinical point of view as well as other relevant issues. The book introduces solutions and innovative strategies that can be implemented and the procedures how the effectiveness of the approaches can be verified. The book interestingly collects the worldwide experience, exploring the interactions of many regions with the pandemic, from North and Latin America, Europe, Africa, to Asia–Pacific and Middle East. A large number of contributors from a wide range of countries (39 countries) with a vast range of experiences from high qualified scientists to early career researchers and students are included in a comprehensive survey. With all abovementioned aspects, the book can be nominated as a favoured reference either in the field of medical physics or other communities with common field of interests…Although the book is concentrated on the COVID-19 pandemic related issues, it provides a bigger picture for the Medical Physics community to figure out, such as how certain challenges and critical situations can be managed and how the leadership system should provide appropriate plans before the occurrence of any critical points. The study of the book is highly recommended for Medical Physicists especially for those who are involved with administrative issues."—Mohammad Mohammadi in Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine (2021) Springer